Grace Abbott Leads National Child Health Drive
Grace Abbott, chief of the United States Children's Bureau, leads a country wide effort to restore health to under privileged children. The drive follows her career at Hull House and the Immigrants Protective League and includes 35 states outlining plans for child care and nutrition.
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Grace Abbott
United States Children’s Bureau
Grand Island
Neb
Grand Island College
University of Nebraska
University of Chicago
Grand Island High School
Immigrants’ Protective League
Hull House
Chicago
Children’s Bureau
Washington
Water Main Break Causes Sunday Night Disruption
A water main ruptured south of the Negro Elementary School causing local excitement but the break was quickly repaired and no injuries were reported.
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Sims
Funeral for Dr Sims draws crowds as two killed in crash
Lifelong friends and hundreds fill the Bryan area home and streets to honor Dr. Sims with floral tributes and a service at St Peters Brenham. The fatal head on collision near Hearne road left Dr. Sims critically injured and killed Glover, Martin, with Mrs Zimmerman injured and the vehicle occupants evacuated to Bryan hospitals.
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S. Moylan Bird
St. Peters’ Episcopal Church
Brenham
L. A. Wilson
St. Andrews’ Episcopal Church
St. Andrews
Bryan City Cemetery
Edge
American Legion Post
Headon
Dr. Sims
Glover
Ed Tiggs
Necro
Sims
Martin
Bryan
McCulloch-Dansby Company
Columbus Seale
Joe Cash
Zimmerman
Lyman Reed
Stanley Bransford
Fort Worth
M. W. Sims
Corsicana
C. H. Mills
Hearne
Joe Morrell
Cash
Morrell
Rama Cash
Seale
McCullioch-Dansby
Louis Carradine
Oak McKenzie Tiggs
Tiggs
Corradine
Carradine
Tiges
Gause
San Antonio
Texas City
Houston
Grover
Boureau
Anthony
New Mex
Palestine
G. BE. Glover
Austland
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
Galveston
Dallas
Cotton Samples Sent to Austin From Eden Gin
The USDA received a sample from Eden Gin and Fuel Co. showing Texas crop grade and staple data. Reports from Austin by the Grade and Staple Estimates Project detail fiber lengths and market needs for U S mills and foreign buyers. Cotton lengths vary by soil and variety, with highlights on lengths from 7-8 inch to 15-16 inch and longer. Growers are urged to consult classification returns after the season.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Eden Gin and Fuel Co
Austin
Texas
U. S
United States
Eden Gin
Commissioners Meet in Regular Brazos County Session
Brazos County commissioners met in regular monthly session Monday with routine business. Work on the Koppe's Bridge road improvement project was submitted to the CWA and returned for additional figures. The project calls for about $8,000 in labor and several thousand for hauling.
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Brazos County
Koppe
CWA
Brother Bryan Man Dies From Wreck Injuries
R H Wehring, 37, died from skull fracture after a laundry truck collided with a Patterson & Son Wholesale Produce truck near Houston. Otis Patterson Jr Virginia Murray and Cliff Holland were injured. the Bryan truck suffered major damage.
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Herbert Wehring
Bryan
Houston
Mr. Wehring
R. H. Wehring
Patterson & Son Wholesale Produce Company
Wehring
Otis Patterson, Jr
Virginia Murray
Patterson
Cliff Holland
Herbert Webring
Foster's
Typewriter Paper Box of 500 Sheets 8x11 Bond Paper
A sale listing for a box of 500 sheets of 8 by 11 inch bond paper from Fagle Printing Company. Price is 80 cents per box. Excerpt appears as a classifieds line item.
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Bond
Fagle Printing Company
New Teacher Elected To Germany As Miss Calhoun Goes
Miss Clara Calhoun head of the commercial department at Stephen F. Austin high school receives a leave of absence to take a position in the general consular office at Hamburg Germany. She will depart Bryan January 20 and sail February 1 with a return option next year. Miss Eula Nagle, current head of the Schulenberg high school commercial department, is chosen as her successor.
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Clara Calhoun
Stephen F. Austin High School
Department of State
General Consular
Hamburg
Germany
Calhoun
Bryan
Bryan School
Miss Calhoun
Austin
University of Texas
NRA
Eula Nagle
Schulenberg High School
Miss Nagle
Cameron
Schulenberg
Future Farmers Attend District Meet Saturday
Bryan FFA delegates Melvin Dansby and Melvin Taylor attended the district meeting in Huntsville with sponsor Henry Ross and members Al Locke and Robert Trant. They left early Saturday morning and returned that night. District meetings occur every six weeks.
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Melvin Dansby
Melvin Taylor
Henry Ross
al Locke
Robert Trant
Bryan
Future Farmers of America
Huntsville
Shower of gifts aids Conrad family after fire
Friends in the Tabor community gathered at the Will Presnal home Friday for a miscellaneous shower for Mr. and Mrs. Will Conrad whose home near Tabor burned recently. Linens towels and dishes were donated to help them recover from the misfortune.
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Tabor
Will Presnal
Will Conrad
Broncos Trounce Hornets in Friday Night Victory
The Bryan high school Broncos beat Caldwell 50 to 19 at the Bryan gym on Friday night, improving to three wins in four games. Captain James Alexander and H G Stallings led scoring with 12 and 10 points, while Eldridge McCall opened the scoring. Caldwell's Houston stock was the only Hornet to reach double figures with 11 points.
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Stephen F. Austin High School Bronchos A
Caldwell Hornets
Bryan Gym
Eldridge McCall
Bryan
Hornets
Broncs
Bronco
James Alexander
H. G. Stallings
Kldridge McCall
Houston
Stock Hornet
Caldwell
Siis Ate
Stabler
McGall
J. Alexander
Stallings
C. Alexander
Wetton
Ee Sefcik
Cage
Wathen
Coker
Totelgseacewess
Cobb
Womble
Corner Stone Laid for Fredericksburg Memorial
Tribute paid to Fredericksburg pioneers at the laying of a corner stone for a Vereinskirche memorial replica of the early church from Prussia. The old multi denomination church altar is to be preserved in a museum.
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Fredericksburg
Prussia
Aanuseum
Brazos County Health Officers Elected and Pit Toilet Progress Report
Mrs W H Darrow chaired the nominating committee and led the election of officers for the coming year. Newly elected president Mrs W S Howell pledged service, with Mrs D B Cofer honored for past leadership. The health survey reported 84 pit toilets completed or under construction in Brazos County and noted praise for county health nurse Mrs Shelton and colored nurse Sedalia Wilson.
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W. H. Darrow
W. 5S. Howell
A. M. Waldrop
Brazos County
State Department
Howell
Co. M. Bethany
D. B. Cofer
Brazos County Health Committee
Shelton
Sedalia Wilson
CWA to Finance Harvey Area Schoolhouse Reconstruction
Reports from Austin say the Civil Works Administration will fund rebuilding the Harvey Schoolhouse destroyed by fire. Bids for materials will be sent to CWA. labor and some materials may be provided. An expanded work allotment to 650 workers enables more men and women to find employment. A new CWA request seeks aid for the city water system improvements including mains, cleaning, and a filtration plant. The cannery may close January 15 unless ordered to continue.
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Harvey
CWA
Austin
J. L. Brock
Brazos County
Brock
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. J. N. Nash
Funeral services for Mrs. J. N. Nash, an aged Negro woman from Brazos County, were conducted Tuesday at 2 PM at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial at Edge. A relative of Prof. L. A. Nash, she died Friday night. She leaves one son and nine daughters.
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J. N. Nash
Brazos County
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Edge
L. A. Nash
Bryan Negro
Fire damages two story frame house at Collier Tourist Camp
Fire swept a two story frame house at the Collier Tourist Camp near the city cemetery Sunday night. The blaze started in the attic and caused considerable damage before being checked. Loss estimates were not available.
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Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Army
Charles P. Summerall
West Point
Arkansas
Engineer School of Application
Philippines
California Debris Commission
Japan
Mounted Service
Army Service Schools
Vera Cruz
42Ndivision
84Th
Army of Occupation
U. S. Military Academy
Fron
France
England
Italy
Belgium
Legion of Honor
MacArthur
America
Ghazi I
Feisal
Iraq
Hejaz
Britain
League of Nations
Ghazi
Bagdad
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Transport, Inc
Rickenbacker
General Pershing
Air Service
Issoudan
94Th Aero
Coblenz
Rickenbacker Motor Company
Detroit
Martin J. Conboy
New York
Cowboy
New York City
Gonzaga College
Washington, D. C
Georgetown University
Dill, Bomeister and Baldwin
Griggs, Baldwin
American Bar Association
New York State Assembly
Fifth Regiment
Infantry
New Jersey National Guard
New York State
Canadian Bar Association
George F. Getz
Mechanicsburg
Getz
Weaver and Todd
Weaver, Getz & Company
Eureka Coal and Dock Company
Globe Coal Company
U. S. Distributing Corporation of New York
Federal Coal Company
Consumers Company
American Red Cross
Republican Party
Kinggh&zi
IRAG
Eden
Eugle
Commissioners
Brother Bryan Man
Conrads
Broncos
Harvey Area
W. A. Jackson
M. D
Commerce Bldg
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